I am aspiring to throw my hat in the ring and start a business around my homebrews, but with all the activity in the craft beer market, I feel I have to ask the question: with all the recipes that are available in books and onlne, what is to stop someone from simply taking one of those recipes, brewing the beer and selling it? How would anyone know where the recipe came from? If it makes a good beer, won't it sell?
I don't mean to ask the question in terms of "what else do you need but good beer to start a beer company?" but more from the respect of how hard can crafting beer be when there are so many good recipes available to the public? If you wanted to make a Guiness clone, for example, why not brew five or six recipes you found online, pick which one you like best and start mass producing it?
I don't mean to ask the question in terms of "what else do you need but good beer to start a beer company?" but more from the respect of how hard can crafting beer be when there are so many good recipes available to the public? If you wanted to make a Guiness clone, for example, why not brew five or six recipes you found online, pick which one you like best and start mass producing it?
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